 My mother bore me in the southern wild, And I am black, but O! my soul is white. White as an angel is the English child: But I am black as if bereav'd of light. My mother taught me underneath a tree And sitting down before the heat of day, She took me...  Stories from My Attic - Page 14by Horace Elisha Scudder - 1896 - 269 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charles Eliot Norton - 1908 - 352 pages
...not what men say, He'll labor, night and day, To be a Pilgrim. THE LITTLE BLACK BOY. William Blake. MY mother bore me in the southern wild, And I am black, but oh ! my soul is white ; My mother taught me underneath a tree, And sitting down before the heat of day, She took me on her... | |
 | William Stanley Braithwaite - 1909 - 1334 pages
...his Priest and King, Who make up a heaven of our misery.' W. Blake 150. The Little Black Boy TV /TY mother bore me in the southern wild, *-* *• And I am black, but O my soul is white; White as an angel is the English child, But I am black, as if bereav'd of light.... | |
 | Robert Maynard Leonard - 1911 - 642 pages
...divine ; Blown back they blind the mocking eye, But still in Israel's paths they shine. W. BLAKE. 55. THE LITTLE BLACK BOY MY mother bore me in the southern wild, And I am black, but O my soul is white ; White as an angel is the English child, But I am black, as if bereaved of light.... | |
 | William Blake - 1914 - 554 pages
...Thou dost smile, 10 I sing the while, Sweet joy befall thee ! i / :_i '^_ / The Little Black Boy T My mother bore me in the southern wild, And I am black, but 0 ! my soul is white ; White as an angel is the English child, But I am black, as if bereav'd of light.... | |
 | George Benjamin Woods - 1916 - 1604 pages
...watchful while they are in peace, For they know when their shepherd is nigh. THE LITTLE BLACK BOY 1788 form 65 Which lives unchanged within, and his voice fell L 0, my soul is white ! White as an angel is the English child, But I am black, as if bereaved of light.... | |
 | Elizabeth McCracken - 1917 - 228 pages
...deep God-given thrill That Mary felt when all the earth was still In the Judean starlight long ago ! THE LITTLE BLACK BOY MY mother bore me in the southern wild, And I am black, but O, my soul is white ! White as an angel is the English child, But I am black, as if bereaved of light.... | |
 | Elizabeth McCracken - 1917 - 234 pages
...deep God-given thrill That Mary felt when all the earth was still In the Judean starlight long ago ! THE LITTLE BLACK BOY MY mother bore me in the southern wild, And I am black, but O, my soul is white I White as an angel is the English child, But I am black, as if bereaved of light.... | |
 | Ernest Bernbaum - 1918 - 436 pages
...and thou a lamb, We are called by His name. Little Lamb, God bless thee! Little Lamb, God bless thee! THE LITTLE BLACK BOY My mother bore me in the southern wild, And I am black, but O ! my soul is white ; White as an angel is the English child, But I am black, as if bereaved of light.... | |
 | Leonard Southerden Wood - 1921 - 396 pages
...then go home to bed.' The little ones leaped and shouted and laugh'd And all the hills echoed. LXXV THE LITTLE BLACK BOY My mother bore me in the southern wild, And I am black, but O ! my soul is white ; White as an angel is the English child, But I am black, as if bereav'd of light.... | |
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